COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. — Emergency dispatchers received a series of 911 calls as flash flooding and rockslides trapped motorists ...

Officials said drivers should seek alternate routes as both westbound and eastbound lanes of I-40 are shut down.

As of Wednesday evening, no injuries, missing persons or fatalities have been reported, according to the Cocke County Mayor ...

Six months after the remnants of Hurricane Helene hit East Tennessee, rebuild efforts continue. River Rat Tubing and Whitewater Rafting in Hartford sustaining thousands of dollars worth of damage d… ...

NEWPORT, Tenn. (WATE) — It has been nearly two months since the remnants of Hurricane Helene hit East Tennessee. As cleanup efforts continue in Cocke County, people like Crystal Large continue ...

NEWPORT, Tenn. (WATE) — The Cocke County community is slowly beginning the return to normalcy over one month since flooding devastated the area in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The annual ...

NEWPORT, Tenn. (WATE) — The Cocke County community is slowly beginning the return to normalcy over one month since flooding devastated the area in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The annual ...

NEWPORT, Tenn. (WATE) — Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis has shared that two people are dead after flooding in the county in the aftermath of Helene.

On Friday, September 27, Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis announced that the dam had failed, and he encouraged locals to evacuate. “THE WATERVILLE DAM HAS SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE,” Mathis ...

Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport to evacuate immediately just after 3 p.m. Sept. 27 following reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though ...

The mayor of Cocke County declared a state of emergency, and the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning. A shelter is open at the Newport Community Center at 433 Prospect Avenue.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation highlighted closures as well, stating that the ramps on and off I-40 at Exit 447 to Hartford Road were shut on Friday morning after the roadway succumbed ...